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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1913
Page
5
A promotional notice offers Swissco Hair product promising rapid dandruff control hair growth and restoration of gray or faded hair. It explains a trial bottle free with 10 cents to cover postage and requests sending to a Chicago address. Availability advertised at retail drug stores including Boston retailers.
Extract from a National Bureau of Labor investigation into interstate telephone companies in 1910. It praises the loyalty of women operators and the essential role of the human element in service, noting the high standard of efficiency and the value of the workers' spirit to both companies and the public.
The article argues workers in telephone exchanges face irregular hours and rigid supervision. Wages are low but employees value their work and fear losing positions if they complain. A few towns see dormant discontent, yet strikes are rare, driven by humanistic concerns rather than wage demands.
New York April 9 Suffragists adopted a novel method drawing attention of the financial district. Six young women led by Miss Mary Donnelly rode in a four wheeled cart drawn by four mules as they occupied Wall Street near J P Morgan Co. Miss Donnelly spoke to a large crowd while recruits handed out literature. Two men stepped forward to give speeches in support of the cause. The crowd remained orderly and police cleared a path as the procession moved north on Broadway.
Trenton April 9 Governor Fielder approved the Mothers Pension bill to help widows with children under 16. pensions of 9 dollars monthly for the first child 5 dollars for the second and 4 dollars for each additional child will be provided from county treasuries. Applications through the State Board of Children's Guardians will be reviewed by a Common Pleas judge in each county.
The Boston Elevated Railway will start using car full signs on Waverley cars between Mt. Auburn and Harvard Square during the morning rush. An inspector at Mt. Auburn will direct motormen to display the sign when cars are full and will not stop for additional passengers until reaching Harvard Square.
A rioting mob near the Draper Company's Hopedale foundries wounded Deputy Sheriff Warren F. Gove of Fitchburg with a stone as a special car carried employees away. Gove arrested a man under police guard as the crowd pressed the car barn and Milford police and Metropolitan officers restored order. Draper warned that nonreturning workers would be dismissed. leaders claim larger numbers, and 350 demonstrators lined up yesterday.
A terse, cipher like note hints that a person named BE. W. GROVE signed or endorsed the message. The text references preventing grip using a laxative labeled BROMO Quinine and stresses identifying the true signature amid ambiguous phrases.
Harvard plans safety upgrades for yard dormitories including hand operated extinguishers and rope fire escapes. Seniors living in yard housing next year will organize fire brigades to improve fire safety after a rope failure injured a student last fall.
The Russell case reopened after a several day recess. Joseph Ruseau, a cousin of Jim Rousseau, testified he does not think Dakota Dan is Jim. He noted differences in nose shape and walk and has lived in Hingham for 23 years. In the afternoon Professor Augustus H. Gill testified on handwriting.
Alfred Mansfield, a prominent Brockton manufacturer, faces a breach of promise suit for $10,000 brought by Miss Rachel Macomber of Worcester. She alleges a marriage engagement and possession of letters proving a marriage contract, while Mansfield says no agreement was made and shows she only dated for about three years.
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